Victoria School

[Cheerfuldad]

Snow Crystal:

Cheerfuldad:

Ques: if your kid gets CO from dream IP school via CCA sports but his usual school average is >20 marks below the school's past years' average COP, what are your considerations in accepting the CO? Assume no surprise in his PSLE result. Just exchanging views

IMHO, a kid who is good in sport, his IQ is not weaker than his peers who are stronger in academic subjects. Just that he has to spend more times to master the sport and neglect his study. Therefore, if a kid is able to score a +/- 20 marks off the COP, he should go ahead to apply his dream IP school. As he progress in an environment that is competitive, he will eventually channel his competitive mindset in sport to academic.

I came across a kid who has a score of 230 and dsa into a IP school by using sport four years ago. Today, he managed to get a scholarship to study in year four.

[Zhuge]

rylee:

Zhuge:

hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,


congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Thanks Zhuge,

As there are 3 components (academics results, GAT and interview) in the selection process, we are not sure on the portions of GAT and interview as the outcome was not revealed. Only the academic portion we can roughly estimate 3 years school results (p4 to p6) must be in the range of ~85%.

Did your DS also DSA to any other schools?

Regards.

DS in P5.

[rylee]

Zhuge:

rylee:

[quote=\"Zhuge\"]hi rylee, cheerfuldad and jsw555,


congratulations to your kids for being awarded places in VS next year..
i wonder if you all can share what are the factors that made your kids being selected...
thanks!

Thanks Zhuge,

As there are 3 components (academics results, GAT and interview) in the selection process, we are not sure on the portions of GAT and interview as the outcome was not revealed. Only the academic portion we can roughly estimate 3 years school results (p4 to p6) must be in the range of ~85%.
Did your DS also DSA to any other schools?

Regards.

DS in P5.[/quote]It is good to get your DS well prepared as early as possible as P6 only have less than 6 months to work on before DSA.

[rylee]

Cheerfuldad:

Snow Crystal:

[quote=\"Cheerfuldad\"]

Ques: if your kid gets CO from dream IP school via CCA sports but his usual school average is >20 marks below the school's past years' average COP, what are your considerations in accepting the CO? Assume no surprise in his PSLE result. Just exchanging views

IMHO, a kid who is good in sport, his IQ is not weaker than his peers who are stronger in academic subjects. Just that he has to spend more times to master the sport and neglect his study. Therefore, if a kid is able to score a +/- 20 marks off the COP, he should go ahead to apply his dream IP school. As he progress in an environment that is competitive, he will eventually channel his competitive mindset in sport to academic.

I came across a kid who has a score of 230 and dsa into a IP school by using sport four years ago. Today, he managed to get a scholarship to study in year four.[/quote]Hi cheerfuldad, I am sure your DS can continue to excel in his sport as well as in academic in VS.

In my personal opinion, even if a child (purely academic) in the 70++ percent, (around t score 230) he should not be anyway lower in term of
academic capability as compared to his peers in the 80+ percent (t-score
250).

Take for instance my DS1. He got into a band 3 school (cop around low
230) three years ago after PSLE and also offered to study HCL. I managed to transfer him to a band 1 school during the appeal stage. The VP of the band 1 school warned him that he may need to do a lot of catch up as the average cop of the school is in the t score 240+. He promised and was given a place after school reopened in Jan.

He worked very hard and mixed around with the right friends and at end of sec 1, he was able to achieve 4 A1, 1A2 and the rest of the subjects B3. He
continued to do well in sec2 and manage to go to a triple science and top sec 3 class. He is able to score a straight 7A1 and 1A2 with a L1B5 of 6 and placed him in the 6th position in his cohort. (All the top 5 positions are china
scholars) We are confidence that he should continue to do well next year.

Thus I think that a +/- 20 in term of cop will not be a issue for your DS. IMHO. Regards.

[Cheerfuldad]

Hi rylee,


I fully agreed with your opinion. If you read my earlier post, we shared the same conviction. Therefore, I have full confident that my DS will be able to cope in VS. Btw, I really happy for your DS1 for his achievement.

God bless!

rylee:

Hi cheerfuldad, I am sure your DS can continue to excel in his sport as well as in academic in VS.

In my personal opinion, even if a child (purely academic) in the 70++ percent, (around t score 230) he should not be anyway lower in term of
academic capability as compared to his peers in the 80+ percent (t-score
250).

Take for instance my DS1. He got into a band 3 school (cop around low
230) three years ago after PSLE and also offered to study HCL. I managed to transfer him to a band 1 school during the appeal stage. The VP of the band 1 school warned him that he may need to do a lot of catch up as the average cop of the school is in the t score 240+. He promised and was given a place after school reopened in Jan.

He worked very hard and mixed around with the right friends and at end of sec 1, he was able to achieve 4 A1, 1A2 and the rest of the subjects B3. He
continued to do well in sec2 and manage to go to a triple science and top sec 3 class. He is able to score a straight 7A1 and 1A2 with a L1B5 of 6 and placed him in the 6th position in his cohort. (All the top 5 positions are china
scholars) We are confidence that he should continue to do well next year.

Thus I think that a +/- 20 in term of cop will not be a issue for your DS. IMHO. Regards.

[Snow Crystal]

Cheerfuldad- Of course sportsmen not equate to lower IQ, haha. Btw my DS is also a sportsman :evil: so that's why this exchange of ideas. Thanks, congrats and wishing your DS all the best in VS :rahrah:


Rylee -your DS1 gives all of us with DS some glimmer of hope haha Such a huge jump in results for your DS :salute: For us with DS who used or may use sports in future for DSA, there is some fear :nailbite: about balancing the rigorous training with heavy school work especially if he manages to get into an IP school like cheerfuldad's DS. Thanks for your comments again.

[ManU123]

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[yogaqueen]

Dear all

NEED your advice urgently please. My husband (VS and VJC alumna himself) and I would really love to enrol our DS1 in VS. The ONLY snag is the long commute from where we stay, ie Woodlands. And there’s no MRT, just buses which includes changing of bus. This seems such a silly reason not to choose the school.
Does anyone know of any bus transport or private arrangement for students in Woodlands? please do let me know.
thank you!

[happymum8]

For school bus, you can contact 6747 4825. They are one of the bus vendor company doing for VS.

[RaikouAura]

May I know when is the bookshop open during the school holidays? (date/time)